The iPhone has a higher res FaceTime camera ... people do notice when you have a crisper image. 720p just isn’t acceptable in 2019 let alone acceptable on a high end Pro laptop.
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16-Inch MacBook Pro Hands-On: Benchmark and Performance Tests
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Very interesting, can you share this spreadsheet with us?
Snap! I also have the late-2013 2.3GHz MBP, and and strongly considering the new MBP because it is likely to be a significant upgrade - about twice as fast as you say. I often wonder why people, even professional users like me, would be tempted to upgrade for a mere 10-20% increase in performance. Sure, there are use cases such as video rendering, where 20% equates to significant time (save 10 minutes on a 1 hour render), but for the majority of tasks (application development, photo processing, document preparation etc.), the difference is probably barely noticeable compared to the time spent actually thinking about the work and interacting with the computer.
100% increase feel like the right trigger point for an upgrade....reaching for credit card......
Shows how bad the cooling was on previous model.
Well said - these laptop FT cameras are total garbage.
Let's please quit the excuse making for Apple on this.
They simply went cheap on that part.
One need not go "full FaceID" to put a much better webcam in there.
The Apple sign isn't illuminated on the back of the display and there is no MagSafe. Total deal breakers for the majority.
It's the base configuration for the $2,799 machine, so we got what it came with.
Make it a Ethernet jack and a MagSafe power connector.
Quit thinking so small. Ask for a parallel port
I wish that Apple would add motion sensors to the key backlighting. I only need it on when I'm typing. I don't want the keys lit up on my nightstand when I'm not using it, so I turn it off. Then I have to fumble around for the button when I do want the backlighting.
Next to Jobs Ive is the BSD. It's unlikely that Ive would exit because his team disagrees with him. He could just RIF the entire design team and start over. My guess is that the design team has heard the public outcry and wanted to implement the changes but Ive has put his foot down. After he left, for whatever reason, the team was free to do the right thing.
More importantly AAPL has seen the excellent reviews and increased sales from making the iphone 11 and MBP thicker. At the end of the day a $1T company responds to profits. Hopefully they have received enough positive reinforcement that increasing thickness is the win win move for everyone.
I love all of the positive comments on Macrumors in this post!!
To me, this offering is the best laptop Apple has put out since my 2012 rMBP. Time to pass the old gal along to a friend and treat myself to a new compute companion.
And rumor has it that the MacBook Pro 2020 model isn't as fast as the MacBook Pro 2021 model.
No one likes Face ID better than I do, but I just don't find that I need to use a password nearly as often on my computer as I do on my phone so I really don't see how valuable Face ID is on a computer compared to Touch ID. I am genuinely curious if other people use Touch ID/a password often enough on their computers where they'd really like something like Face ID, and what those situations are.
Consider my use case. I have all my passwords to my bank accounts, and other websites, stored in keychain and usually logged in. Thus I would naturally have my computer set to auto lock quickly as my computer is used in an environment where others have access to it. This requires constant re-authentication just like on the iPhone. Reaching for a fingerprint sensor which doesn't always read on the first try is more of a hassle than just automatically unlocking everytime you're in front of your computer. I also use Windows laptop with Hello and it really does add a lot of convenience. Yes, first world problems.
Really...because Apple keeps a special version in stock at their stores that is semi-maxed out, for the 16” the configuration is 2.4GHz/32GB/2TB SSD/8GB 5500M for $3899. We look forward to hearing about your purchase!
Geekbench is not a legitimate cross platform test (ie comparing Arm based A-series to Intel Core i9).
I guess we’ll see how big a deal breaker it is when Apple announces its next quarterly results...
Yes it is, they both run the exact same code.
the only possible criticism is each test is quite short so wouldn’t be as valid for long running processes.